Huller type cotton gin



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1935., J. D. WILSON HULLER TYPE COTTON GIN Filed Feb. 2, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 oooooooom Patented Au 20, 1935 unis srrss HULLER TYPE COTTON GEN John D. Wilson, Lufliin, Tex, assignor of onehalf to Lufkin Gin Company, a corporation Application February 2, 1932 No. 5949332 chair" from the cotton before the ginning operation.

In the usual apparatus'for hulls from the cotton employed with cotton gl" it has been difficult to prevent a large amount of chaff and other foreign matter from passing with the lint to the cotton roll. The hulls tend to be moved with the lint past the huller ribs and are drawn into the gin.

It is an object of rnyinvention to provide a eliminating the hulling attachment, which will effectually elimbination with the rotating ribs, a seal member which seals off the space above the rotating ribs and prevents the entrance of chaff or hulls above the huller ribs.

I aim particularly to increase th speed with which the gin may operate to free the seed cotton of hulls and other foreign matter and to decrease the damage to the cotton fibre in ginning.

I alsodesire to maintain a uniform, free and uncongested feed of cotton into the roll box, and to facilitate the movement of seed from the gin.

In the drawings herewith, Fig. l is a vertical section through a portion of a cotton gin show ing roy attachment thereon, said section being taken on the plane l-i of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a broken front elevaticnof a'cotton gin, parts being broken away to disclose the'interior portions of the gin.

In the apparatus shown herewith cotter. gin of preferred construction isshown with my attachment thereon. Said gin includes ahousing l, having side walls 2 thereon, constructed in the usual manner to support the shafts, rolls and other mechanism and to house the working parts of the gin. The housing is supported upon legs 3, and the housing is preferably of metal casting and sheet metal. Atthe forward side is the gin breast 3! open above at t to receive the cotton to be ginned. At the lower side of the breast is a baffle or deflector 5 inclined downwardly toward the picker roll 6.

' ries. of discs which, as will be seen wall 55 of the roll box Q.

The gin saw cylinder is mounted upon the shaft l, supported at its ends in the side walls of the housing and is adapted to rotate in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. l. Said saw cylinder is above and to the rear of the picker roll. The gin ribs is are mounted at their uppe and lower ends upon the rib bars H and i2, re-

spectively, and mesh between the gin saws H3 in the usual manner. 7

Above the gin cylinder is the roll box 9 with a rear wall l4 secured to the rib'bar ii, and a forward wall it, secured at its ends to the side walls 2 of the housing. The saws 63 extend into the lower side of the box to engage the cotton therein.

The hulling mechanism is arranged on the forward side of the gin ribs if It includes a set of huller ribs l6 formed upon a plate iii secured to the rib bar ii, and extended upwardly and forwardly between the saws E3 on the saw cylinder. As will be noted from Fig. 1, the .huller ribs are approximately parallel with the gin ribs and spaced evenly therefrom to provide a passage id for the cotton seed. The free upper ends of the holler ribs terminate above the center of thegin cylinder closely adjacent the rotary rib member 99. Said member comprises a shaft 2% having mounted thereon in spaced la ion a seorn Fig. are aligned with the ribs 55. but are enough apart to allow the passage of the seed cotton. be

tween them. The rotary ribs turn in a clocl-1- wise direction as does the saw cylinder.

Above the rotary ribs to is a seed board 2i, hinged at its ends to the lower edge of the front Adjacent the saw and spaced closely above the rotary ribs the seed board is formed with spikes or pins meshing between the saws l3, tending to regulate the de gree of cleaning the seed of its lint.

The rotary ribs l9 tend to carry hulls and chaff away from the saws and a seal is provided above the rotary ribs to prevent the carrying of around the upper side thereof. Said seal cludes a stripper comprising a shaft he,

' a plurality of blades or wipers mounted tangen-' The operation of this gin not materially.

different from the ordinary gin insofar as the ginning operation is concerned; However, the arrangement of the huller attachment is found On the forward side of the wiper is monly experienced.

to be particularly efficient. The combination of the stationary ribs IS with the rotary ribs l9 has been found to be particularly eifective. The stationary ribs obstruct the passage of the hulls to the seed duct 18 and prevent mixing of hulls with the seed. The seed cotton and hulls are moved by the saws toward the roll box. At the upper portion of the stationary ribs the rotary ribs enggage the cotton at the point where the saw tends to carry the hulls through into the roll box. As the ribs rotate in the same direction as the saw they strike the hulls and other'foreign particles, tending to knock them over into the gin breast and down Where they canbe engaged by the picker roll and carried along the plate to and ejected from the machine. The rotary ribs are prevented from carrying material around the upper side by the seal member which wipes material from the said ribs. By the particular combination thus arranged, I am enabled to provide against hulls or chaff finding their way through with the cotton lint and a much better quality of staple is thus produced.

Another feature of particular advantage connected with my device is that the accumulation of seed or cotton or other material between the huller ribs and the gin ribs is avoided A clear space for the seed between the two sets of ribs is obtained which allows the seed to be easily re moved from the machine and allows the gin saws to effectively engage the cotton without clogging and to carry the same past the huller ribs. Each approaching lock of cotton with its seeds and foreign matter is cleaned of the foreign material and carried into an uncongested space between the revolving discs and into the roll box. The staple of the cotton is therefore not damaged due to cutting and tearing brought about by congestion between the two sets of ribs as is new com- The quality of the cotton is improved not only from the absence of foreign material therein but through the fact that the fibre is not torn or broken in the huller operation. Further the rotary huller ribs project into the seed duct space l3 and by the downward movement of the peripheries of the, ribs at that point, assist in carrying the seed downwardly to the outlet and prevent any clogging of the seed in front of the gin ribs. Thus a continuous and efiective operation under higher speeds than heretofore allowable is made possible.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: 1. In a cotton gin, a housing, a gin breast to receive the cotton, a saw cylinder to the rear of said breast, a picker roll at the lower side of said breast, gin ribs between the saws of said cylinder, stationary huller ribs projecting upwardly in position spaced uniformly from said gin ribs to form a seed passage, and aseries of rotating discs above said stationary huller ribs extending between said saws and acting to move the hulls away from said saws and to keep said passage free, and a rotary wiper above said rotating discs, to sealagainst the passage of hulls above said discs.

2. In a. cotton gin, a housing, a saw cylinder having saws thereon rotatable said housing, a

roll box above said cylinder, ginning devices cooperating with said saws to eliminate cottonseed and means in front of said devices to prevent the passage of hulls to said roll box, including a set of stationary ribs between the lower portions of said saws and rotating ribs above said stationary ribs at the forward side of said roll box between said saws, said' ribs being spaced uniformly in front of said devices to provide a passage therebetween said rotating ribs acting to move seed downwardly in said passage.

3. In a cotton gin, a housing, a saw cylinder havings saws thereon rotatable in said housing, a roll box above said cylinder, ginning devices cooperating with said saws to eliminate cottonseed and means in front of said devices to prevent the passage of hulls to said roll box, including a set of stationary ribs between the lower portions of said saws and rotating ribs above said stationary ribs between said saws, said ribs being spaced uniformly in front of said devices to provide a passage therebetween, and a rotating wiper adjacent-the upper rims of said rotating ribs.

4. In a cotton gin, a housing, a saw cylinder rotatable therein, a roll box above said cylinder, gin ribs cooperating with said saw cylinder, stationary huller ribs secured at their lower ends below said cylinder and having their up 361 free ends extending between the saws of said cylinder,

. rotating disc shaped huller ribsabove the ends of said stationary huller ribs cooperating with said stationary to prevent the passage of hulls to said roll box, said discs being rotated in a direction to move said hulls away from said cylinder, there being a seed passage between said rotating ribs and said gin ribs, said rotating huller ribs having their downwardly moving sides projecting into said seed passage, and a picker roll adjacent the lower ends of said huller ribs.

5. In a cotton gin, a housing, a gin breast to receive the cotton, a saw cylinder to the rearof said breast, a roll box above said cylinder, a picker roll at the lower side of said breast, gin ribs between the saws or" said cylinder, stationary huller ribs projecting upwardly in position spaced uniformly from said gin ribs to form a seed passage, a series of rotating discs above said stationary huller ribs extending between said saws at the forward side of said roll box, and acting to move the bulls away from said saws and to keep said passage free.

6. In a cotton gin, a housing, a rotating saw cylinder mounted therein, gin ribs cooperating with said cylinder, a roll box above said cylinder, a seed board, stationary huller ribs secured below said cylinder and extending upwardly between the saws of said cylinder, spaced from said gin ribs to form a'passage, the upper ends of said huller ribs being free, rotating ribs adjacent the upper ends of said stationary ribs, and below said seed board, the rotation of said discs acting to assist in keeping said passagefrom clogging and a picker roll to agitate the cotton and remove hulls from said housing.

JOHN D. WILSON. 

